The NFL world is getting giddy over Christian McCaffrey, the Panthers' 'unstoppable' rookie running back

Christian McCaffrey will make his NFL preseason debut on
Wednesday, and if training camp has been any indication, he won't
disappoint.

McCaffrey was taken eighth overall by the Carolina Panthers in
the 2017 draft and was assumed to play a big role right away.

The explosive 5-foot-11 running back from Stanford is not only a
good runner, but a crafty slot receiver, and he's shifty out of
the backfield. It seems as if all of his skills have been on
display at Panthers training camp, and the NFL world is ready to
watch him.

One anecdote highlights McCaffrey's potential on the field.
During a scrimmage, Panthers linebacker Jeremy Cash went low on
McCaffrey and was kicked out of practice by
an "irate" Ron Rivera. However, Cash later told Rivera he
didn't intend to go low on McCaffrey. According to Rivera, Cash
said McCaffrey juked him so badly that he fell into McCaffrey's
legs.

"I have never had a player tell me: 'Hey, coach, he shook me so
bad that I fell into him,'" Rivera
told The Charlotte Observer. "He told me that and I almost
laughed. But I appreciated the brutal honesty ... Normally,
players don't want you to know they got shook."

According to The Observer's
Jourdan Rodrigue and Joseph Person, McCaffrey made fans
"explode" in a scrimmage when he juked cornerback Daryl Worley
and linebacker Thomas Davis and made the two collide.

Veteran running back Jonathan Stewart told reporters during camp:
"He's pretty unstoppable as far as coming out of the backfield
running routes. I can tell you now there's not going to be
anybody in this league that can cover him 1-on-1."

"Obviously he's a dynamic kid with the ball in his hands," said
tight end Greg Olsen, adding: "He has a special make-up to him.
He has a special composure that nothing's too big, none of this
is a surprise to him."

He continued: "The McCaffrey hype is most certainly legit. The
kid is a special talent, man, and I'm definitely happy we've got
him on our team."

It's not just Panthers players who are excited about McCaffrey.
LaDainian Tomlinson, a Hall of Fame running back,
told Dan Patrick that McCaffrey reminded him of Marshall
Faulk — another Hall of Fame running back — for his versatility.

McCaffrey isn't expected to play a ton in the preseason, and he
most likely won't return punts the Panthers try to protect him
from injury. However, with the regular season just a month away,
it sounds like the hype around McCaffrey will only increase.